Folding mechanism for web-printing presses.



PATBNTED MAR. 3, 1908.'

H. F. BBGHMAN. FOLDING MECHANISM FOR WEB PRINTING PRBSSES;

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1907.

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Na. 880,499. PATENTED MAN. 3, 1908.

H. F. BBGHMAN.

FOLDING MECHANISM FOR WEB PRINTING IRB SSES.

PPLIOATION rum) MA "1907. A Y 2 sums-sum z.

ll E NRY BEOHMAN, (3F EATTLE COMPANY, OF BATTLE To all whom -it may concmm:

Be it known that l, HENRY l Booms/in, of Battle Creek, in the connty of Jeihonn and State of Michigan, have in'tented certain new and useful improvements in Folding Mechanisms for Weh-Prhrrting Presses; and l-hereby declare test the following isa full, clear,

into wlnoh such 13s o. ire/red by a rotary ily '7,- and. at side 01 the folding cylinder are located. jhirdiold devices or rolls 8, hetweeli'wl'noh the papers can he tuclred hy blade 8 The joerts' thus far mentioned may he no.1 1 9.05 3. ands-Hanged known 2 i y a p n intl'ie usual well 1.. and exact des r ptlon there-oi,i'ererencebeing on R oond fo'lcl rolls a Q M w H h had to me a: olnoeny sngdiewmgs, which model n har form part of this specinostlon, ers l eih' l tricany'of'jt.

This invention is an improvement fold" ing mechanisms for Web printing presses, and i is particularly designed for use in'oonnection with newspaper printing presses. ts object is to enable papers to be delivered folded either to half-size or. to quarter-size at the will of the'pressrnan, and to this end the lllVfill-' tion consists in the novel construe lonwh ereby the seeontht'old rolls can he adjustedinto otned in s ran ings.

1 fold rolls. the hangers 4- provided' with segments their upper ends meshing" with gears on a transverse shalt 4 jonre na led in the he no of thefolder}andfwhich 2 position to deliverpapers either direct to a shaft canbe operated i any suitahlecranl: v.5 stacker, or adjusted to another position to or. trench so to toe the hangers and deliver papers to third-told rolls or device s, swing'the second-foldlrclls to the'tlefsiredno: this being accomplished by having the secsition. The rolls 3 andfS may be" int er cud-fold rolls mounted in adjustable sup geared as indicated at 3 ,'hnt any other shit ports and movable into one position to do able drivingmeans may he provided which so llTBl papers folded half-size to the stacker, or intoanother position to deliver such papers to third-fold rolls or de *ices by which they may be folded. to quarter-size before being delivered to the stacker.

The invention will be fully onderstood from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure l is a detail sectional elevation of so much of a folding mechanism as is necessary to impart a thorough understanding of the invention, and showing the means for adjusting the second-fold rolls to diil'erent positions relatively to the collecting cylinder, the second-fold rolls being shown in position to deliver papers folded to half-size to an underlying stacker or receiving-box. Fig. 2 is a detail plan VlGW of Fig. l certain parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1 showing the second-fold rolls adjusted to will drive the secondr-foldrolls in either adjnsted position. he hangers the began nectedxhy tie rods l as desired. 7

llhen the second-fold rolls are adjusted into i the position shown in Fig.1 they underlie the folding cylinder and thecams (notshown which operate the rotary tuckinghlades 2f of the foldingcylinder, are adjusted. so that; these tucking blades are operated at the proper time *hen they are-opposite theses end-fold rolls," and so discharge the papers carried on the collecting cylinder to and between the fold-rolls 3 and 33 by which said papers are given a second folland thereby folded to half-size and discharged into the receiving box underlying the folding cylinder by the rotaryfly ,7. The folding cylinder 2 is provided with rotary tuckers? ahdfcifl'- looting pins 2-, winch. are, constructed as usual and should. he provided with the usual to adjustment of the seoond "'6 deliver papers folded to half-size to the thirdoperating gears'andcains (not shown); "will folding rolls or devices by which they are be readily,un t rstood lay any on laminar folded to quarter-size. Fig. 41sadeta1l'plsn with this class titling niacl n The YlQW of Fig. 3 certain parts being cut away. The web can be led from the press (not shown) over former l to and between the firstfold rolls 1, l; and is then led between cutting cylinder 2 and folding cylinder 2;

Below the folding cylinder Zmey be arranged a receiving box for papers folded to half size,

cylinders and 2- are d" en i at he shine peripheral speed -lvy so" shown.) I M The web indicated by the ootted'l nei drawn over the lOZ'lllGltF and ltfingitudinally folded by and between rolls "1' 'and l yn'liich; give the first fold.

\ ing {not The web then passes be- -vices and sheets are carried round the centers of the sheets come opposite the ing rolls 8, 8,

' and theone rotary tween the cylinders 2 and Why which it is severed into sheet lengths, as shown, and the by the pins 2 until second-fold rolls 3, 3", then, at the proper time, the rotary tucker 2 operated and the sheets are discharged ond-fold rolls 3 and 3 The operation of the'tuckers and pins of the collecting cylinder forms no partof the present invention, the. same being well understood, and there- .fore requires no further explanation herein.

If it is desired to fold the papers to quartersize, the machine is momentarily stopped and the operator by turning shaft 4 swings the secondfold rolls 3, 3" up besideothe folding cylinder and ad acent to the third-fold rolls 8, 8, into the position indicated in Fig. 3, and the controlling cams (not shown) for the tuckers 2 and pins 2 are set so as to operate the pins and tuckers at such times, that after the. papers have been carried round until centrally opposite-the rolls 3, 3*, will be discharged by the tuckers 2 between said rolls 3, 3, from which the papers, folded to half-size, are discharged to the-thirdfold by which the papers are folded to quarter-size and discharged into a suitable receiving box by the rotary fly 9.. Thus paers folded to half-size are discharged at one point, and papers folded to quarter-size are discharged at another point. 5

From the foregoing description in connec tion with the drawing an one familiar with this class of machinery Wlll be able to readily apply the invention to folding mechanism. The principal feature of the present inventionis the mounting of the second-fold rolls in such'manner that they can be. adjusted either to discharge the papers folded thereby directly into a stacker or that the papers-will be'delivered foldedonly to half-size, or such second-fold rolls can be adjusted to another osition so that the'paers folded to half-smothereby will be subthe action ofthe third-folding folded to quarter-size before being delivered from the machine. By thisinvention the necessity of employing two sets 0 folding devices in jected to folding mechanism can be made to deliver-papers folded either to halfsize or to quarter-size at the will of the operator.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a folding machine, the combination of a cutting cylinder, a coacting folding cylinder, a pair of folding rolls beside said foldcylinder, and means for adjusting said rolls to different positions around the folding cylinder.

2. In a folding mechanism, the combination of a cutting cy1inder,a coacting. folding between the secthey receiving box, so

the machine is obviated thecutting cylinder and t of folding rolls beside said folding cylinder, swinging supports for said rolls, and means for moving said su yorts whereby said rolls canbe ad usted to i ent positions around the folding cylinder.

3. The combination with a pair of cutting and folding cylinders, a air of folding rolls adjacent said folding cy oted axially to the folding cylinder, a pair of folding rolls mounted in said hangers, and means for adjusting said hangers so asto move the said rolls to position below or to one side of the folding cy inder.

4. In a folding mechanism, the combination of cutting devices, a set of folding devices located at one .si

cylinder, a pair vices, a pair of second-fold'rolls adapted to receive papers from the cutting devices, an means for adjusting said rolls so that they will discharge the papers to or away from the said folding devices whereby. papers folded to quarter-size or to half-size tained I 5. In a folding mechanism, the combination of cutting andfolding cylinders, a pair of third-fold rolls located at one side of said cutting and folding cylinders, a

to half-size, and means for adjusting said folding .rolls into one position to discharge to the said folding device to be folded to quarter-size, or to adjust said rolls to another position to discharge the papers folded to half-size away from said 01 ing of a pair of cutting the papers device.

7 The combination and folding cylinders, a pair of folding rolls adjacent said cylinders, hangers pivoted ainally of the cutting cylinder, a pair of folding inder, hangers p1v-.

de of said cutting demaybe obcylinders and fold the same rolls mounted in said hangers, a d means for adjusting said hangersso as to move sai rolls below or to one side of the collecting cylinder.

8. In a folding mechanism, the combmar tion of a cutting cylinder,

a folding cylinder,

hangers pivoted axially of said folding cyhnder, a pair of folding'rolls journaledin said hangers, a second pair of folding rolls' mount; ed adjacent the folding cylinder, and means for adjusting said hangers so as to move the folding rolls thereon into )osition between 1e secon set of folding rolls or to a position remote from sai l folding rolls.

ssmese 9. The combination of-a pair of out-ring cylinders, a pair of folding rolls adjacent said cylinders, hangers pivoted axially of one cylinder, a pair of folding rolls mounted in said hangers, means for adjusting said hangers so as to move said rolls to positionoelow or to one side of such cylinder, and another folding device adjacent such cylinder adapted to receive papers from the said folding rolls when the latter are adjusted in one position.

10. In a folding mechanism, @he combination of a cutting cylinder a folding cylinder, a stacker below the folding cylinder, :1 set of folding rolls at one side of the folding eylinder, a stacker below the said folding rolls, and an adjustable set of folding rolls mount. ed beside the folding cylinder adapted to be adjusted between the said cylinder and the stacker thereunder, or between the said cylin der and the oi her of folding rolls.

11. ln a folding mechanism, the combinetion of a former, a pair of folding rolls at the apex there-oi, cutting: and folding cylinders adjacent said folding rolls, hangers pivoted axially of the folding cylinde, a pair of folding rolls journnled in said hangers, and athird pair of folding rolls adjacent the cylinders; with means for adjusting said hangers to more the rolls thereon to position below the cylinder so as to discharge the apers folded to half-size, or whereby said rolls may be adjusted to position adjacent the thirdlold rolls so as to discharge the pillifrrl folded to half-size to the third-fold rolls, suhsiantiiilly as described.

In 'lestinmn that I claim the loregoing as;

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